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I. Chapter 22: Negro Painters

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[CHAPTER 22]
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NEGRO PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ARCHITECTS, AND CRAFTSMEN
Eugène Warburg was born of foreign parents in New Orleans (1825-1861), where he received his early education and training as a sculptor. He was given his first lessons in sculpture by a Frenchman named Gabriel, whose studio was situated on Bourbon Street. Gabriel encouraged and developed the genius of Warburg, whose artistic advancement was remarkably rapid. Under the tutelage of the French sculptor, the young artist’s work attracted much attention, and he soon opened his own studio in St. Peter, between Royal and Bourbon Streets. This was done in cooperation with his brother, Daniel Warburg, an excellent stone engraver who was also “an accomplished artist in marble sculpture and of granite.” The two brothers encountered no difficulty in establishing an enviable clientele; and very soon, generals, judges, and other notables commissioned them to make busts. Many of Eugene Warburg’s works are to be found in the old cemeteries of the city, as well as engravings upon tombstones by his brother, Daniel. One of the noted pieces of Eugène Warburg’s sculpture is the figure of two angels carved from a single block of marble, each holding in the right hand a chalice resting on the same base. The commission was given to Warburg after another sculptor of repute had despaired of finishing it satisfactorily. Warburg had difficulties in disposing of the sculpture when the man who had given the order failed to claim it, but another man named Panniston eventually became the possessor of it. In addition to such work, Warburg also received commissions from ecclesiastical authorities. The St.

The unpublished manuscript "The Negro in Louisiana" is a work begun by the Dillard (University) Project in 1942, an arm of the WPA's Federal Writer's Project. After the dissolution of the unit, Marcus Christian maintained and edited the document in hopes of eventual publication. It is reproduced here as an annotated transcript, with original typos, chapters, and paginations preserved.

[CHAPTER 22]
[Page 1]
NEGRO PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ARCHITECTS, AND CRAFTSMEN
Eugène Warburg was born of foreign parents in New Orleans (1825-1861), where he received his early education and training as a sculptor. He was given his first lessons in sculpture by a Frenchman named Gabriel, whose studio was situated on Bourbon Street. Gabriel encouraged and developed the genius of Warburg, whose artistic advancement was remarkably rapid. Under the tutelage of the French sculptor, the young artist’s work attracted much attention, and he soon opened his own studio in St. Peter, between Royal and Bourbon Streets. This was done in cooperation with his brother, Daniel Warburg, an excellent stone engraver who was also “an accomplished artist in marble sculpture and of granite.” The two brothers encountered no difficulty in establishing an enviable clientele; and very soon, generals, judges, and other notables commissioned them to make busts. Many of Eugene Warburg’s works are to be found in the old cemeteries of the city, as well as engravings upon tombstones by his brother, Daniel. One of the noted pieces of Eugène Warburg’s sculpture is the figure of two angels carved from a single block of marble, each holding in the right hand a chalice resting on the same base. The commission was given to Warburg after another sculptor of repute had despaired of finishing it satisfactorily. Warburg had difficulties in disposing of the sculpture when the man who had given the order failed to claim it, but another man named Panniston eventually became the possessor of it. In addition to such work, Warburg also received commissions from ecclesiastical authorities. The St.